Saturday, October 06, 2007

Here's a great product that anyone could use. Make that, "could use a dozen" because I can think of at least that many places where these Organizing Bags would make my life easier.

Let me introduce you to The Lazy Organizer's Organizing Bags, the handiest little compartments for all the loose things in your life: puzzles, cosmetics, receipts, even marbles (don't want to lose those!) Here are a few things that make these bags great:

1) They're durable. I find myself using Ziploc bags for a lot of things around the house but these bags are sewn from nylon and plastic with real zippers.

2) They're transparent. Being able to see what's in the bag makes life 100% smoother. I made cloth toy bags for my children's toys years ago but you can't see what's inside so the kids end up dumping things out to get a look.

3) The four larger sizes come with a pocket into which a label could be inserted for easy sorting.

4) They replace bulky, breakable boxes like cardboard puzzle boxes. Making more space, less mess.

5) They're reasonably priced.

Lara Gallagher sells them directly at her site The Lazy Organizer and they come in five sizes: The Teeny Tiny bag (pictured above) which instead of tote handles comes with a wrist strap is good for change, beads or markers. The Little bag is good for action figures, stickers or cosmetics. The Just Right bag can hold thin paperback books, school supplies or packs of cards. The Big bag works well for coloring books, papers or music books and the Biggest bag (pictured at right) can handle pretty much everything else: puzzles, games, craft projects, stuffed animals.

For today's giveaway I've got a set of five organizing bags, one of each size, straight from The Lazy Organizer herself for one lucky winner. Just follow the directions below to enter.

Here's how to win:

Before 12 am Monday go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.

I'm sorry but this giveaway is only open to those with a United States' mailing address. Good luck!